Hello all
After checking the ejected pellets beneath roosts in constant use by POs over a
long period of time, it was apparent that their main source of food was
arboreal mammals. This all changed following a "reduction" burn over the
foraging area when the diet changed to birds such as Pied Currawongs, Crimson
Rosellas, Eastern Rosellas, Rainbow Lorikeets readily identifiable from
regurgitated feathers or body parts such as beaks or feet . The ultimate
demonstration of the change of diet was finding the PO clutching the body of a
Superb Lyrebird. This was probably the female which had successfully raised a
chick each year for the past five years at least. It could not be found
thereafter.
In about seven years of intermittent watching POs in this particular sandstone
gully, I commonly found that the Ringtail Possum was the normal prey despite
the fact that the site was within a couple of k's of the Gordon flying fox
colony. Indeed I only once observed a flying fox used as food by a PO.
Reg Clark
Belrose , NSW.
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